Background An overwhelming body of evidence stating that the completeness of reporting of
randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is not optimal has accrued over time. In the mid‐1990s …

Randomised evaluations of surgical interventions are rare; some interventions have been
widely adopted without rigorous evaluation. Unlike other medical areas, the randomised …

Background Many patients report symptomatic relief after undergoing arthroscopy of the
knee for osteoarthritis, but it is unclear how the procedure achieves this result. We …

Objectives To examine the reporting characteristics and methodological details of
randomised trials indexed in PubMed in 2000 and 2006 and assess whether the quality of …

Abstract The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)
statement, first published in 2009 [1], was developed in an attempt to increase the clarity …

Non-technical skills are of increasing importance in surgery and surgical training. A
traditional focus on technical skills acquisition and competence is no longer enough for the …

Objectives The goal of this study is to identify, analyse and classify interventions to improve
adherence to reporting guidelines in order to obtain a wide picture of how the problem of …

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Transurethral resection of the
prostate (TURP) remains the dominant and definitive treatment for lower urinary tract …

Background Journals are an important conduit for the publication of research. However, the
reporting quality of research has been shown to be lacking. We sought to determine if …

Surgeons are faced with the dilemma that many clinical questions in their daily practice to do
not have universally agreed answers, but patients increasingly demand the 'best …